Rat-a-tat-tat! Doo-be-doo-be-doo! Toot-toot-toot and a boom-boom-boom! Swing and sway to jazz with this week's books and activities!
#READ: So Many Sounds by Tim McCanna
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Listen! Do you hear a sound? Noises come from all around. Soft and gentle, loud and clear. Oh, so many sounds to hear! So Many Sounds is a wonderful rhyming read-aloud featuring everyday sounds and a refrain that children will love repeating.
Increase pre-literacy skills as you read together:
- Pause after reading rhyming lines and say rhyming words like tappingand snapping or drumming and strumming Ask your little one to repeat the words.
- Act out the story with your little one by pretending to play in a band or ride bikes.
- Ask your little learner about the sounds of different items or animals. For example, ask your little one what sound a bird or a fire engine makes.
#SING: When the Band Comes Marching In
(Tune: When the Saints Go Marching In)
Oh, when the drum comes marching in.
Oh, when the drum comes marching in.
It goes rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat
When the drum comes marching in.
Oh, when the trumpet comes marching in.
Oh, when the trumpet comes marching in.
It goes toot, toot, toot, toot,
Toot, toot, toot.
When the trumpet comes marching in.
Oh, when the trombone comes marching in.
Oh, when the trombone comes marching in.
It goes brawmp, brawmp, braaaaawm,
Brawmp, brawmp, brawmp, brawmp.
When the trombone comes marching in.
#EXPLORE: Jam Session
Join the band when you improvise to create music of your own.
- Get inspired by listening to Jazz for Kids: Sing, Clap, Wiggle, and Shakeon Hoopla.
- Keep a drum beat with a wooden spoon and a pot or pat your lap with your hands.
- Do a call and response with your little one by saying or singing a word, sound, or part of a song and asking your little learning to repeat it.
- Look around and search for ways to make sounds. Rub your hands together, make a popping sound with your mouth, or shake a bottle with rice or beans inside.
#JOIN: Attend a program virtually or in person!
View all early childhood programs and events offered this week.
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For in person programs, registration is required. If space allows, walk-ins will be admitted. Use the link in the program information to register.
